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Green Lake’s Evans Pool (7201 E Green Lake Dr N) will be hosting SKWIM games on three upcoming Friday nights. All are welcome to join drop-in SKWIM games on Friday July 22, Friday August 12, and Friday August 26, 2011, 6:45 – 7:45 p.m. The cost is $4.75 for adults and $3.25 for youth and seniors. Play is limited to the first 24 players. SKWIM is a new water sport that combines elements from water polo and Ultimate Frisbee. Players wear fins designed specifically for game play and throw a soft and flexible disk. Fins and other equipment are provided by the pool for use… …

Updated July 2 The Seattle Public Theater (SPT) at the Green Lake Bathhouse (7312 West Green Lake Dr N) invites you to a production of political drama The Best Man, by Gore Vidal. The play is the 2011 Senior Show, starring the graduating seniors of the SPT Youth Program. Directed by SPT’s Shana Bestock, cast members of The Best Man include Noelle McCabe, Asher Jordan, Ben Symons, Maya Briller, Natalie Frevert, Casey Bouldin, and Andrea Gramps. Production is headed up by Erica Hansen and Isobel Bradbury. Performances are scheduled for tonight (Friday, July 1, 2011) at 7 p.m., tomorrow (Saturday, July 2) at 7 p.m., Sunday,… …

A new summer day program for 11-14-year-olds is coming to several locations, including Woodland Park, this summer. The program will be at Woodland Park July 25 – 29, 2011. The program, called “Lead Up,” is geared towards team-building, outdoor fun, community service, local career and college exploration. It will include field trips all over King County. Marjean McCraw, Youth Volunteer Corps Program Manager at Camp Fire USA, shared this information about Lead Up: Each day up to 10 youth and two Team Leaders will hit the road in search of fun, adventure and self-discovery. Register for weekly sessions each focused around a theme,… …

The Seattle Public Theater (SPT) at the Green Lake Bathhouse (7312 West Green Lake Dr N) invites you to a free Youth Program performance of Outrage, April 29 – May 7, 2011. From the Seattle Public Theater: Directed by Artistic and Education Director Shana Bestock and starring SPT’s high school students, Outrage is a funny, furious, irreverent contemporary comedy. Quasi-narrated by Bertolt Brecht, the story takes the audience back first to 1999, when a university receives a large grant to fund computers. A humanities professor wants to turn down the money on principle. Who will win in the academic world of hypocrisy,… …

Registration for Seattle Parks and Recreation’s summer youth sports camps begins today (Tuesday, April 5, 2011) at 12 p.m. Online registration is available via SPARC or at the city’s community centers, including the Green Lake Community Center (7201 E Green Lake Dr N). A signed E-13 Form [pdf] and Concussion Form [pdf] must be submitted at registration. The forms may be faxed to (206) 615-0073 or scanned and emailed to kristen.schuler [at] seattle.gov. A variety of camps will be offered, including a free Girls Softball Camp for girls aged 10-14 at Lower Woodland Park (July 11, 12, and 13, 2011, 9 a.m. – 1… …

Tomorrow evening (March 31, 2011) at 7 p.m., Mockingbird Books (7220 Woodlawn Ave NE) is presenting a panel of four local young adult authors. One of the featured authors, Green Lake resident Lisa Cach, wrote to let us know that a geocache has been created in honor of her new book, Wake Unto Me, which is being released tomorrow. “Geocaching is an immensely popular, family-friendly activity where you find caches using a GPS unit,” Lisa explains. Copies of Wake Unto Me can be found in the cache, she says, “as well as lots of other goodies, including gift certificates to Mockingbird Books and… …

Mockingbird Books (7220 Woodlawn Ave NE) is presenting a panel of four local young adult authors this Thursday evening (March 31, 2011) at 7 p.m. Attendees will hear about the authors’ current and upcoming books and will be able to ask questions about the writing process. Refreshments will be provided. From Mockingbird Books: Lisa Cach‘s just released Wake Unto Me is an excellent choice for a spring break read and escape from those AP studies for your teenager. Holly Cupala’s Tell Me a Secret is a novel that captivates the reader from its first to final word. She will also have… …

Camp Fire USA has opened registration for their 2011 summer day camps, including a camp at Woodland Park. The Woodland Park camp will run July 25-29, 2011, 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. The cost is $175 for Camp Fire USA members and $200 for non-members. “Day Camp is about doing, not watching,” Janelle Kitson, Day Camp Program Manager at Camp Fire USA says. “It’s about enjoying nature and living outdoors, and working together with kids from a variety of socioeconomic, racial, cultural, religious, and disabled populations.” Camp Fire USA Day Camps operate using volunteer staff. The program is currently seeking volunteers. Youth in grades 8 –… …

Host families are needed for 15 Spanish teens who will live and study in Seattle this July. Andeo International Homestays is looking for families in the Green Lake area. The students will be taking English classes at the Phinney Neighborhood Center (6532 Phinney Ave N) from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. during the week, and will spend evenings and weekends with families. The stay will begin June 29, 2011 and will last four weeks. “The teens come with travel insurance and spending money, speak English, and are excited to learn more about America, English, and Seattle,” Sarah Lam, Andeo’s local coordinator says. “This could be… …

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